Red Army
Told from the perspective of Russian soldiers during an imagined Soviet invasion of Western Europe, Ralph Peter, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, intelligence world veteran, and bestselling novelist, delivers an unsettling, gripping, Cold War-era story based on real events .Set in a fictionalized World War III, Soviet soldiers prepare to invade West Germany in three different locations while western leaders are distracted by the debate of nuclear weapons.In a number of days, roads are clogged and cities are falling as the Soviets fight a gruesome battle against the West, revealing just how severely unprepared the NATO armies’ were for such a deadly attack.Focused on the perspectives of Soviet soldiers, from a young private dreaming of music and home to a four-star general tirelessly honoring militaristic family traditions, this unique historical novel tells a riveting story of the shocking rivalries and crumbling loyalties that emerge during world-altering international combat.
My Review
This book takes old ideas about the soviet army, and pretends it's a western army. It gives a lot of character background, which doesn't add anything to the story. As the author writes in the afterword, this book takes a wargaming scenario where the soviet army is exactly like all the propaganda, and nato forces are basically the soviet army, and also do everything possible wrong. There's no world building, no reasons why things happen. I didn't enjoy reading it. Also the kindle version is very badly converted.